Bug 124566 - Sorting a table leads to screen obscured by artefacts
Summary: Sorting a table leads to screen obscured by artefacts
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.1.5.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2019-04-05 12:37 UTC by war
Modified: 2020-10-29 04:33 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
Screen before trying to select (4.69 MB, image/png)
2019-04-05 12:38 UTC, war
Details
screen after trying to select a row (4.66 MB, image/png)
2019-04-05 12:39 UTC, war
Details

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Description war 2019-04-05 12:37:34 UTC
Description:
Trying to sort a table by
1. select all cells
2. select Sort (from menu)
click into first dropdown

-> Screen flickers, screen buffer gets redrawn repeatedly an obscures the dialog and sheet.

Reproducable with any calc sheet.



Steps to Reproduce:
1.create a table
2.call sort dialog
3.observe artefacts

Actual Results:
Screen is obscured, sorting not possible

Expected Results:
(OK it's damn slow but) I expect the dropdown to open and allow me to enter a row or column


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
Happens on Macbook Pro Retina 13" running Ubuntu 18.10 (with up to date patches)
LO:
Version: 6.1.5.2
Build ID: 1:6.1.5-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: de-DE (en_US.UTF-8); Calc: group threaded

Tried reboot to get a fresh session -> happens still

Same thing with AppImage 6.2.1

Reset my User Profile -> same thing here

Suspected my Theme -> reverted to standard -> still the same
Comment 1 war 2019-04-05 12:38:48 UTC
Created attachment 150546 [details]
Screen before trying to select
Comment 2 war 2019-04-05 12:39:31 UTC
Created attachment 150547 [details]
screen after trying to select a row
Comment 3 raal 2019-04-09 02:22:28 UTC
Hello,
Does it happen if you launch LibreOffice with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen ?
Comment 4 war 2019-04-09 08:34:10 UTC
(In reply to raal from comment #3)
> Hello,
> Does it happen if you launch LibreOffice with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen ?

How would I do that?
How could I do that in an AppImage?
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2019-08-13 11:20:54 UTC
(In reply to war from comment #4)
> (In reply to raal from comment #3)
> > Hello,
> > Does it happen if you launch LibreOffice with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen ?
> 
> How would I do that?
> How could I do that in an AppImage?

From the command line:
SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen ./LibreOffice-AppImage-filename
Comment 6 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2020-03-31 19:37:48 UTC
From comments #3 and #5, status has been set to NEEDINFO, please set it back to UNCONFIRMED once requested information has been provided.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2020-09-28 03:55:59 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2020-10-29 04:33:03 UTC
Dear war,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately
reproduce and confirm the problem. We encourage you to retest
your bug against the latest release. If the issue is still
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